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<blockquote data-quote="chachi" data-source="post: 3892757" data-attributes="member: 29483"><p>I think that there probably is a kernel of truth to your statements regarding people’s inherent desire to be nasty, vile creatures. That being said, I don’t do that. And I doubt that you guys do either. I have no desire to be anonymously mean to other anonymous people. I absolutely hate forums. I really do. They invariably consist of people screaming at each other, or in the case of unmoderated forums, people screaming insults and threats to each other. As much as I really and truly believe that information should be free and accessible, and that any information is good information, substantive content so rarely pops up in user forums that I question the need for them. What purpose do they serve? They don’t add any content to the items that they are attached to, and people who are really passionate about a topic can easily start their own boards, blogs, wikis or websites. One of the great failings of the world wide web is this phenomenon of anonymous pointless yelling. It dilutes worthwhile information and continues to dumb down discussions even further. I think that more institutions should follow the lead of Thor’s and kill their forums. Place the burden of posting dumb comments on the ones who want to keep making them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chachi, post: 3892757, member: 29483"] I think that there probably is a kernel of truth to your statements regarding people’s inherent desire to be nasty, vile creatures. That being said, I don’t do that. And I doubt that you guys do either. I have no desire to be anonymously mean to other anonymous people. I absolutely hate forums. I really do. They invariably consist of people screaming at each other, or in the case of unmoderated forums, people screaming insults and threats to each other. As much as I really and truly believe that information should be free and accessible, and that any information is good information, substantive content so rarely pops up in user forums that I question the need for them. What purpose do they serve? They don’t add any content to the items that they are attached to, and people who are really passionate about a topic can easily start their own boards, blogs, wikis or websites. One of the great failings of the world wide web is this phenomenon of anonymous pointless yelling. It dilutes worthwhile information and continues to dumb down discussions even further. I think that more institutions should follow the lead of Thor’s and kill their forums. Place the burden of posting dumb comments on the ones who want to keep making them. [/QUOTE]
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